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Novel nanoparticles for image-guided phototherapy could improve ovarian cancer treatments
10/30/2015
Scientists are investigating a biodegradable nanomedicine that can selectively destroy ovarian cancer cells left behind after surgery.
Splicing alterations that cause resistance to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy identified
10/30/2015
Bottom Line: Resistance to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that yields long-lasting remissions in many patients with B-cell leukemia, can be caused by CD19 splicing alterations...
Rates of kidney failure due to blood cancer are declining
10/30/2015
Multiple myeloma leads to excess protein and calcium in the blood, which puts a strain on the kidneys.
Predicting the human genome using evolution
10/30/2015
To gain a clearer picture of health and disease, scientists have now provided an independent reference for all human variation by looking through the evolutionary lens of our nearest relatives.
Breast cancer becoming as common among African-American women as among white women
10/30/2015
Rising incidence erasing decades-old gapBreast cancer rates among African American women in the United States have continued to increase, converging with rates among white women and closing a gap...
Wistar scientists show how frequently mutated prostate cancer gene suppresses tumors
10/30/2015
These new findings may be able to help clinicians tailor treatments and could provide a new strategy for using targeted therapies in this diseaseThe gene SPOP is mutated in up to 15 percent of all...
Splicing alterations that cause resistance to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy identified
10/30/2015
Bottom Line: Resistance to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that yields long-lasting remissions in many patients with B-cell leukemia, can be caused by CD19 splicing alterations...
Rates of kidney failure due to blood cancer are declining
10/30/2015
Multiple myeloma leads to excess protein and calcium in the blood, which puts a strain on the kidneys.
Predicting the human genome using evolution
10/30/2015
To gain a clearer picture of health and disease, scientists have now provided an independent reference for all human variation by looking through the evolutionary lens of our nearest relatives.
Breast cancer becoming as common among African-American women as among white women
10/30/2015
Rising incidence erasing decades-old gapBreast cancer rates among African American women in the United States have continued to increase, converging with rates among white women and closing a gap...